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Rival

Sara Bennett Wealer

Two high school rivals compete in a prestigious singing competition while reflecting on the events that turned them from close friends to enemies the year before.

MusicianFriendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung Adult
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Just Listen

Sarah Dessen · 377 pages

Last year, Annabel was "the girl who has everything" — at least that's the part she played in the television commercial for Kopf's Department Store. This year, she's the girl who has nothing: no best friend because mean-but-exciting Sophie dropped her, no peace at home since her older sister became anorexic, and no one to sit with at lunch. Until she meets Owen Armstrong. Tall, dark, and mu

Friendship and BetrayalMusicianFemale FriendshipYoung Adult
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You Don't Know Me

Sophia Bennett · 344 pages

Me and Rose. In a band. Singing together, all the way to the live finals of Killer Act. Only to be told one of them must go. But no girl would drop her best friend in front of millions ... Would she? If this is fame, it sucks. Everybody is talking about us, but nobody knows the truth. It was all so good. Sasha and Rose. Best friends in a band, singing together. Right up to the finals of Killer Act

MusicianFriendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung Adult
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The Worst Girlfriend in the World

Sarra Manning · 352 pages

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultContemporary Fiction
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Remix

Non Pratt

Two girls test the strength of their friendship--and their hearts--at a summer music festival.

Friendship and BetrayalMusicianFemale FriendshipYoung Adult
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Diva

Alex Flinn · 288 pages

Despite her mother's objections, sixteen-year-old Caitlin determines to pursue her dream of becoming an opera singer by attending a performing arts school in Miami.

FloridaMusicianYoung AdultContemporary Fiction
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Thoughtless

S.C. Stephens · 364 pages

Friendship and BetrayalMusicianFemale FriendshipContemporary Fiction
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Every Last Word

Tamara Ireland Stone · 400 pages

Consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can't turn off, a girl coping with Purely-Obsessional OCD learns to accept herself and take control of her life through her experiences in poetry club.

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultContemporary Fiction
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The Girls of No Return

Erin Saldin · 345 pages

A troubled sixteen-year-old girl attending a wilderness school in the Idaho mountains must finally face the consequences of her complicated friendships with two of the other girls at the school.

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultContemporary Fiction
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Something Like Fate

Susane Colasanti · 268 pages

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultContemporary Fiction
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Zero

Tom Leveen · 296 pages

After graduating from a Phoenix, Arizona, high school, aspiring artist Amanda "Zero" Walsh unexpectedly begins a relationship with a drummer in a punk rock band, which helps her come to terms with her feelings about herself, her falling out with her best friend, and her parents' personal problems.

Friendship and BetrayalMusicianYoung AdultContemporary Fiction
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This Song Will Save Your Life

Leila Sales · 288 pages

MusicianFriendship and BetrayalYoung AdultContemporary Fiction
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Kissing Kate

Lauren Myracle · 198 pages

Kate was lissa's best friend. they've shared everything for four years. then one night at a drunken party, Kate leaned in to kiss lissa, and lissa kissed her back. And now Kate is pretending lissa doesn't exist. Confused and alone, lissa's left questioning everything she thought she knew about herself, and about life. but with the help of a free-spirit new friend, lissa's beginning to find the str

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultContemporary Fiction
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Not If I See You First

Eric Lindstrom · 310 pages

Parker Grant doesn't need 20/20 vision to see right through you. That's why she created the Rules: Don't treat her any differently just because she's blind, andnever take advantage. There will be no second chances. Just ask Scott Kilpatrick, the boy who broke her heart.

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultContemporary Fiction
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Judy Blume · 149 pages

Margaret Simon, almost twelve, likes long hair, tuna fish, the smell of rain, and things that are pink. She’s just moved from New York City to Farbook, New Jersey, and is anxious to fit in with her new friends—Nancy, Gretchen, and Janie. When they form a secret club to talk about private subjects like boys, bras, and getting their first periods, Margaret is happy to belong. But none of them can b

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipContemporary FictionNostalgic
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If I Tell

Janet Gurtler

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultFirst Person Narrator
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Sloppy Firsts

Megan McCafferty · 297 pages

When her best friend moves away, sixteen-year-old Jessica is devastated and finds it difficult to deal with the girls at school, her obsessive parents, and her lack of a love life.

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultContemporary Fiction
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The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend

Kody Keplinger · 352 pages

This is about a girl named Bianca and she just learnt that she is the DUFF of her friend group.

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultContemporary Fiction
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Sisters in Sanity

Gayle Forman · 304 pages

MusicianFemale FriendshipYoung AdultContemporary Fiction
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How to Be Bad

E. Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle · 336 pages

From the authors of ttyl, Bras & Broomsticks, and The Boyfriend List come three unforgettable characters — and one exhilarating novelVicks is the wild child whose boyfriend has gone suspiciously quiet since he left for college; Mel is the newcomer desperate to be liked; and Jesse will do anything to avoid a life-altering secret. Each one has her own reason for wanting to get the heck out of their

FloridaFemale FriendshipYoung AdultContemporary Fiction
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Since You've Been Gone

Morgan Matson · 464 pages

Quiet Emily's sociable and daring best friend, Sloane, has disappeared leaving nothing but a random list of bizarre tasks for her to complete, but with unexpected help from popular classmate Frank Porter, Emily gives them a try.

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultFirst Person Narrator
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Girl Online

Zoe Sugg · 352 pages

"Penny has a secret. Under the alias GirlOnline, Penny blogs her hidden feelings about friendship, boys, high school drama, her crazy family, and the panic attacks that have begun to take over her life. When things go from bad to worse, her family whisks her away to New York, where she meets Noah, a gorgeous, guitar-strumming American. Suddenly Penny is falling in love--and capturing every moment

Friendship and BetrayalMusicianYoung AdultFirst Person Narrator
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Beautiful Broken Things

Sara Barnard · 376 pages

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultContemporary Fiction
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Accomplice

Eireann Corrigan

High school juniors and best friends Finn and Chloe hatch a daring plot to fake Chloe's disappearance from their rural New Jersey town in order to have something compelling to put on their college applications, but unforeseen events complicate matters.

Friendship and BetrayalFemale FriendshipYoung AdultFirst Person Narrator
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